By population, Basan ranks #129 of 158 villages in Hatta mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basan is a village of 196 people in 54 households (Census 2011) in Hatta tehsil, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, the 129th-largest of 158 villages in Hatta tehsil. Literacy is 52%, about the same as the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 941 women per 1,000 men. It lies 88 km from the Damoh district centre, 19 km from Bhitoni railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470775, served by Hatta (Damoh) post office; the LGD village code is 461786. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hospital Gadaghat Patan, 2 km away. The sarpanch is RAMDAS AHIRWAR, and the village votes in Hatta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umadevi Lalchand Khatik. The population is estimated at 231 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basan · this village | 196 | 52% | — |
| Basan · Patan | 210 | 66% | 0 km N |
| Koni Kalan · Majholi | 428 | 54% | 2.5 km NE |
| Koni Kalan · Patan | 1,500 | 54% | 2.5 km NE |
| Mahguwan · Narsimhapur | 244 | 64% | 5.3 km NW |
| Mahguwan · Gadarwara | 402 | 74% | 5.3 km NW |
| Mahguwan · Tendukheda | 178 | 65% | 5.3 km NW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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